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After thinking about how to cast my votes for the PASS Election, I thought about the process and how one could get confused (and even upset) if the process for seating successful candidates was not already laid out. I found this on the PASS Elections site which proved to be helpful. The scenario that I thought of was the ...

Today was the official announcement of the Candidates and the official start of the Campaign. PASS Campaigns sure have changed a lot since I originally ran for a seat (and lost) in 2002. The process has changed to become more rigorous in the Nomination stage. This is a very good thing because in my view, there are no bad choices ...

According to the PASS Election Timeline, the PASS BoD will take up the issue of approving the slate of candidates to be presented to the community for voting. These candidates have taken a big step in putting themselves out there for election. They have gone through the application process and the interview process by the NomCom to be ...

Research, Contemplate, Vote.
In case you didn't hear, there is a campaign going on that impacts the PASS Organization and the SQL Community. If you were a PASS member before June 1, 2012, you should have received a ballot link via email. Polls close at 3pm PT on Friday, Oct 12, 2012.
I am fortunate to know all 5 candidates for ...

It is almost time to cast your vote in this year's PASS BoD Elections. Things have changed considerably since the first PASS BoD election that I participated in. That was in 2001. I hadn't even been to a Summit or even a chpater meeting yet. I had registered for the PASS Summit 2001 (which was postponed to Jan 2002 ...

Well, it is official... there is a race for the community seats on the PASS NomCom. I am very pleased to see that we have 12 people who decided to put their names forward for this task. This is largely a thankless job that takes a great deal of time, judgement, and consideration.
I have put my name forward as one of those people ...